Some exclusive clubs have a limited number of members. The U.S. Senate has 100 members at a time. There have only been 43 U.S. presidents (recall that Grover Cleveland filled the office twice). Fewer still have walked on the moon – just a dozen humans have had that privilege.Read More

In 1983 the bishops of the Unites States wrote a pastoral letter on Hispanic ministry titled “The Hispanic Presence: Challenge and Commitment.” The pastoral letter brought great joy to Hispanic Catholics as they heard the bishops say: “At this moment of grace we recognize the Hispanic community among us as a blessing from God.” The...Read More

VATICAN CITY – The head of a group of traditionalist Catholics will meet with the Vatican Sept. 14 to continue a series of doctrinal discussions.Read More

VATICAN CITY – More than a million young Catholics learned the hard way about a venerable Catholic tradition: “spiritual Communion” or the “Communion of desire.”Read More

RYE, N.Y. – As Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer of the New York City Fire Department sees it, the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a global trauma and the 10th anniversary of the tragedy provides a transformative opportunity for the world community to pause and think about its spiritual dimension and its aftermath.Read More

Before they give their first quiz or grade their first paper of the new academic year, more than 2,000 Catholic schoolteachers and administrators gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 22 to pray, celebrate milestones and grow in professional development at the inaugural Convocation of Catholic Schools.Read More

The Howard Park Community’s collective voice has been heard, and their prayers are on the verge of being answered.Read More

Scott Appleby, director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, told Catholic News Service that the “fraying of the moral fabric of our nation” comes to his mind as one of the more significant costs of 9/11 (CatholicReview.org, Aug 21).Read More